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rawhide 01-03-2012 01:56 PM
Re: 1963 Chev Z11 NASCAR effort?
 
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Originally Posted by k.pascoe (Post 302011)
I believe Wendall Scott was always in a Ford.
Wendall won his first and only Cup race in a 1962 Chevy at Jacksonville, FL on December 1st, 1963. He ran Chevys til 1964. By the end of 1964 he was racing a 1963 Ford. His first Daytona 500 in a Ford was 1965. He also ran a Chevelle in the latter part of his career. All of this is easily checked on the internet.
regards, Roland

k.pascoe 01-03-2012 02:48 PM
Re: 1963 Chev Z11 NASCAR effort?
 
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Originally Posted by rawhide (Post 302023)
Wendall won his first and only Cup race in a 1962 Chevy at Jacksonville, FL on December 1st, 1963. He ran Chevys til 1964. By the end of 1964 he was racing a 1963 Ford. His first Daytona 500 in a Ford was 1965. He also ran a Chevelle in the latter part of his career. All of this is easily checked on the internet.
regards, Roland
I have the offical 1972 NASCAR yearbook covered everyone who drove and what track and car from 1949-1972. I thought for sure Mr. Scott's bio stated he always drove a Ford. I'll check tonight. BTW- Internet doesn't make it true. LOL

ss wannabee 01-03-2012 09:54 PM
Re: 1963 Chev Z11 NASCAR effort?
 
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Originally Posted by rawhide (Post 302023)
Wendall won his first and only Cup race in a 1962 Chevy at Jacksonville, FL on December 1st, 1963. He ran Chevys til 1964. By the end of 1964 he was racing a 1963 Ford. His first Daytona 500 in a Ford was 1965. He also ran a Chevelle in the latter part of his career. All of this is easily checked on the internet.
regards, Roland
WOW!...Cup races held in December...back in the day! Betcha that car was a 380 hp piece....

rawhide 01-04-2012 12:25 AM
Re: 1963 Chev Z11 NASCAR effort?
 
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Originally Posted by ss wannabee (Post 302118)
WOW!...Cup races held in December...back in the day! Betcha that car was a 380 hp piece....
The Nascar season used to start in the late fall. This race was actually the second race of the 1964 season.
thanks, Roland

BadBanana 01-05-2012 09:03 PM
Re: 1963 Chev Z11 NASCAR effort?
 
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Originally Posted by rawhide (Post 301738)
Dave,
Ned Jarrett ran a Ford at the 63 500. He finished third, last car on the lead lap. There were 7 Chevys in the 50 car field. Rutherford finished best in 9th place, 4 laps down. Rex White finished 14th, 6 laps down and Junior only ran 26 laps before misfortune came his way. I do not know who the fourth Chevy may have been but the next best known driver in a Chevy was G.C. Spencer. Jack Smith, Wendall Scott and Bubba Farr were the other Chevy drivers. Spencer led 21 laps and White led 4.
thanks and regards, Roland
You're correct. I now remember it was GC Spnacer. I know they all finished poorly but I believed it to be for the reasons I gave before We got this info from a friend of my Dad's who ran the Chevy engine plant and axle plant in Buffalo NY at the time (engine plant in Tonawanda) by the name of Art Cole.

ss wannabee 01-09-2012 10:36 AM
Re: 1963 Chev Z11 NASCAR effort?
 
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Originally Posted by rawhide (Post 301738)
Dave,
Ned Jarrett ran a Ford at the 63 500. He finished third, last car on the lead lap. There were 7 Chevys in the 50 car field. Rutherford finished best in 9th place, 4 laps down. Rex White finished 14th, 6 laps down and Junior only ran 26 laps before misfortune came his way. I do not know who the fourth Chevy may have been but the next best known driver in a Chevy was G.C. Spencer. Jack Smith, Wendall Scott and Bubba Farr were the other Chevy drivers. Spencer led 21 laps and White led 4.
thanks and regards, Roland
Rutherford won the Qualifier race at an average speed of 163 mph in Smokey's #13 entry...Saw a photo of Junior's car....said 427 hp on the hood...yeah, right!

I guess if GM didn't have the Government on it's back...the outcome might have been different....Noticed the Pontiacs put up a good fight there too.....

rawhide 01-10-2012 12:24 AM
Re: 1963 Chev Z11 NASCAR effort?
 
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Originally Posted by ss wannabee (Post 303023)
Rutherford won the Qualifier race at an average speed of 163 mph in Smokey's #13 entry...Saw a photo of Junior's car....said 427 hp on the hood...yeah, right!

I guess if GM didn't have the Government on it's back...the outcome might have been different....Noticed the Pontiacs put up a good fight there too.....
the Pontiacs finished 7th and 8th and Petty finished 6th in a Plymouth. The other six top ten finishers were Fords. Tiny Lund won the race using the tires he started on. That is the only time the 500 has been run on a single set of tires. Junior won the first qualifier race and got to start 3rd. Rutherford got to start 4th by winning the second race. Fireball Roberts was on the pole in a Pontiac and Fred Lorenzen started 2nd in a Ford.


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